Object Details
- Creator
- Was, Elizabeth, 1956--
- Held, John, 1947-
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 mail art : various media ; 11 x 24 cm
- Summary
- Mail art by Elizabeth Was, also known as Lyx Ish or Elizabeth Pearl Nasaw, to John Held Jr., November 3, 1987, features an envelope collage with stamps and stickers.
Recto of envelope includes a U.S. postage stamp, handwritten inscription of John Held's mailing address, typescript return address sticker, artistamps, and rubber stamp images and text. Stamped images and text include an image of John Held, blue graphic images, and text: Southwest USA decentralized worldwide mail art congress; support our infinite eternal network.
Xexoxial endarchy sticker wraps from verso to recto.
Stamped text and images verso (left to right): Wakest International Reconstruction Movement; a black and white dollar bill with animal images and text: festival of the swamps; art [slashed equals sign] money. - Citation
- Elizabeth Was. Elizabeth Was mail art to John Held Jr., 1987 November 3. John Held papers relating to mail art, 1947-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1987 November 3
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)18555
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- John Held papers relating to mail art, 1947-2018, bulk 1973-2013
- Archives of American Art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_18555
